AS Cittadella - last updated on 28 November 2008
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Club name: Associazione Sportiva Cittadella S.p.a.
Foundation: 1973
City: Cittadella
Colours: Maroon and white
Website: www.ascittadella.it
Honours:
AS Cittadella has currently no honours.
A bit of history:
Associazione Sportiva Cittadella is an Italian football club, based in Cittadella, Veneto. Cittadella was founded in 1973, after the merger of U.S. Cittadellense and A.S. Olympia. After defeating Cremonese in the 2007-08 Serie C1/A playoffs, they won promotion to Serie B having appeared only twice before in that division; from 1999 until 2001.
During their first stay in Serie B, the club played in Stadio Euganeo in Padua and, in an attempt to expand the fanbase, was renamed A.S. Cittadella Padova, being Padua (Padova in Italian) the capital city of Cittadella's referring province.
For the 2008-09 Serie B season, there are projects to boost the capacity of the Stadio Tombolato to 7,500, in order to let the club play in their home town, although it will need special dispensation from the FIGC, that requires a stadium of at least 10,000 seats for Serie B. The expansion is scheduled to be completed by the end of October 2008. In the meantime, Cittadella will play in Stadio Omobono Tenni in Treviso, about 40km away. After some delays, the first Serie B game played in Cittadella will be against A.C. Ancona on October 29.
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